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Pedro Acosta finished in 9th place on Sunday at Silverstone. The rookie in the premier class has to only console himself with the fact that he was once again the best rider in KTM. He couldn't do more than that, considering that his weekend was all about chasing, like he declared at the end of the day.
"It was a really challenging weekend, where the only thing I learned was how the bike's livery changed," he began, jokingly. "For me, it turned out to be a weekend of chasing where we tried out some things. We were then left out of the Q2. We later tried the hard tire, and then did some laps with the medium, but I lacked information, since I had only used it in the FP1. Looking at how others are working, I think the riders who have direct access to the Q2 could use Saturday morning to gather more information about the tires.
Are you saying there's no exchange of information?
"No. I'm not saying that there's no exchange of information in KTM. Far from it, since I have access to everyone's data. The fact is that maybe we needed to make better use of the sessions to analyze the behavior and performance of the tire. In this case, it would've been very helpful to me, because I raced without any information about the medium."
Do you think Ducati is favored in this aspect?
"They win because they have a different way of working, taking advantage of, among other things, the eight bikes on the track. By doing so, they can have access to more data. With eight bikes, you have more data and feedback."
Now you're off to Austria. What do you expect?
"We'll progress because it's a more favorable track. Our bike prefers slow corners, hard braking, stop-and-go, rather than fast corners. That's because our bike was developed following certain indications that led us to really take advantage of these aspects. Then there are tracks like Mugello where we can't race for the victory and reaching the top five is already a great result."
